Thoughts on Eagles' 2013 draft, Part 2

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Jan 10, 2014

Here’s a look at Johnson and the rest of the Eagles’ rookies or as first-year coach Chip Kelly puckishly dubbed them, “My favorite draft class for the Philadelphia Eagles.” . So it should be no surprise that Lane Johnson , the fourth pick in the 2013 draf… (more)t, played 1,103 of a possible 1,104 offensive snaps for the Philadelphia Eagles in his first season. There was a time a rookie offensive tackle would be eased into NFL action. He might even start out at guard and gradually move outside as he became more comfortable. Of course, there was also a time a quarterback might sit for all or most of a season before becoming a starter. That time, in the ever faster-moving NFL, is gone.